“There is no natural right of independence!”
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them . . .
It is hard to argue with someone who has never read the Declaration of Revolution; I mean the Declaration of Independence.
I’ve read it many times and own multiple copies. What the founders were doing was invoking the natural right to rebellion.
In political philosophy, the right of revolution (or right of rebellion) is the right or duty of the people of a nation to overthrow a government that acts against their common interests and/or threatens the safety of the people without cause.
Secession-the action of withdrawing formally from membership of a federation or body, especially a political state.
The southern rebels claimed they had a right to secede from the constitution. I’ve read the constitution multiple times and have yet to come across that word.
The United States said they were insurrectionist and were rebelling against the supreme law of the land, the constitution. I find insurrection and supreme law of the land in the constitution. I even see that congress passed a militia act giving the president authority to call out the army and navy in times of insurrection or rebellion.
These are two different things. I’d say it’s not a hard concept to grasp but you and the rest of the lost cause brigade seem unable to.